Making money with your credit cards

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While we have discussed this before, this Washington Post article highlights making money from credit cards. What surprised me is that they indicate that this was a game that many people fail at. The quote "for every consumer who games the system there's probably 25 consumers who are ratcheting up credit card debt and never are redeeming the rewards" from the guy at PIRG does not seem to match the numbers that I have seen. I think that some people don't do well at this, my BIL is a whiz at Fantasy Football but money is not his strong suit. Still, we are on track for getting back $900 or so, tax free so I am more than willing to play that game.